Story Discontinued...

I use it. I like it. I don't like this. Boo.

I use this program literally every day. How much is it to ask that they simply don't delete it. Like, what? I'm not going to keep paying for CC if they're just going to take things out of the bundle without reason. Super disappointed.

Is there a way to speak to the people who made this decision?  Adobe Story​

Although I wasn't completely surprised, I was really disappointed to find out that Adobe is cancelling Story.  I took to it immediately and never looked back.  I really like the simplicity of being able to remain in the Adobe world for all of my film-making needs.  It had room for improvement but I already found it simpler and more intuitive then other screenplay writing programs I had previously used.

Having grown with and supported Adobe products over the last 25 years (even when others claimed only After Effects was their only valuable product) , and happily settling into the CC creative suite , I felt Adobe had my back.  Having Adobe manage all of my creative software, made it easy for me to focus on film production.

I convinced others that I worked with to abandon their screenwriting programs and move to Story.  Now we are all scrambling to save our many scripts and look for another platform that offers a comparable cloud sharing program.  Losing this vital component of my film-making process, I feel adobe is cutting corners at my expense.    I find it an untrustworthy move and I feel forced to keep my eyes peeled for other editing/pre and post-production software.

I'm surprised and disappointed by this. Given the diversity of the work we do in our office (and I'm sure a lot of CC users are in the same boat) packaging a script editing tool with video and graphic editing software was a key part of why we invested in CC in the first place. Given how big the market is for script editing software, I'm shocked that Adobe hasn't bothered to use it as a vehicle to upsell consumer friendly video-making tools to the enthusiast class.

But Adobe have only themselves to blame. I remember seeing a post on this forum about how the product needed a more sensible scene numbering tool so that different production departments could make notes on either side of the printed page with the scene numbers at the top of both margins. A developer replied by basically saying 'why would anyone want that?' - well, because it's how art departments work and have worked for a very long time in this part of the world (the UK and Ireland). Others chimed in to agree with the OP based on their own practical experience within the industry. The feature never materialised of course, and there are plenty more examples of developers not being particularly aware of how script-level work is done in the business and resisting making simple changes as recommended by professionals, long-present in their competitors' kits.

This is a huge pain in the ass, it makes CC substantially less attractive for us as we get close to renewing, and I see no reason for a company this size, with this level of market penetration on so many other areas of production, to throw in the towel after not even trying.

I agree. I think the biggest problem is Sy was so poorly promoted and user support was almost non-existent, many simply didn't know it existed or couldn't unlock its undoubted potential. So it wold be difficult to get a groundswell of support for its reintroduction. With the Pr dolby issue, it makes me anxious the company are sliding towards the consumer market with its video editing software, instead of pro users. Be great if Adobe did start offering refunds when the cut a product, but I somehow doubt it...

I too share concern that Adobe Story is being discontinued having used the software since day one. The software upgrade started off well but was abandoned almost immediately. The facilities that Adobe Story classic version)had were excellent and comparable with what is available elsewhere. I am now researching other screenwriting writing alternatives as an immediate replacement and in doing so reminding myself of the worth of Adobe Story. For the filmmakers who use Adobe products this is a backward step which could be reassessed if enough people ask. Judging by what is available elsewhere you could have a market winner leaving other subscription based software well behind provided you bring Adobe Story CC up to the standard (and then beyond) of its predecessor Adobe Story Classic. Can you reconsider?

is anyone else happy to share their opinions?

It's a shame that Adobe have taken this decision. To be honest it makes no sense to me. Despite the claims it wasn't used by many CC users I've personally used it for my day to day work for over four years and now I'm forced to find (and pay an additional cost) for another package.

It leads me to wonder if our CC subscriptions will be reduced? Now that a £9.99 a month previously packaged software has been removed. CC was supposed to facilitate adding new features or fixing issues more swiftly. Not removing tools which are vital to many people's creative work.

Regards,
Neil

Hey glaustin,

I feel your disappointment!

I assume you have already read this document. In case you haven't, please check out this FAQ for answers: End of service for Adobe Story

Thanks,

Rameez